Cucumber Chutney

Cucumber chutney is a healthy chutney which can be made very easily. It goes well with rice, idly or dosa. This a Mangalore recipe.

This chutney can also be made using English cucumbers. If you want you can add grated coconut while grinding the chutney.

Ingredients:

• Cucumber – 1
• Tomato – 1
• Onion – 1
• Curry Leaves – a small bunch
• Green Chillies – 2 (slit lengthwise)
• Oil – 2 tsps.
• Mustard – ½ tsp.
• Ured dal – 1 tsp.
• Asafoetida powder – a pinch
• Salt – 1 tsp or as needed

Method:

• Wash and peel cucumber and cut into medium sized pieces.
• Cut onion and tomato into 1 inch pieces and keep aside.
• In a pan, add oil and when it heats add onion and green chillies and fry well till the onion turns transparent. Keep in low flame
• Now add chopped tomato and fry till tomato pieces turns mushy.
• Add chopped cucumber and fry for 3 minutes in low flame.
• Switch off the stove and let it cool down.
• Take a mixie and grind this to a smooth paste with salt. No need to add water as the cucumber already has water.
• Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. 
• When it splutters, add ured dhal and curry leaves and fry till ured dhal turns its colour and switch off the flame.
• Add this  to the cucumber mixture.
• Serve this cucumber chutney with rice, idly or dosa.